Chinese Government Caught Flatfooted by Separatist Attack

The horrific knife attack in the city of Kunming on March 2, which took the lives of 29 and left 130 wounded, suggests that the Chinese government’s policies to counter Uyghur unrest are having unforeseen consequences well outside of Xinjiang.

And the government is likely increasingly concerned that its post-2009 measures have been unsuccessful, given re…